Babati and Hannang
Tanzania Cultural Tourism
Babati Cultural Tour includes traveling from the Arusha-Dodoma Road in the Rift Valley, south of Lake Manyara National Park and west of Tarangire where Babati town is situated. Babati town boasts Lake Babati where floating hippos can be watched and which is rich in fish, including both Tilapia and Nile Perch. With our Babati Cultural Tour, guests will experience how commercial and farming tribes coexist with conservative cattle-herding tribes to provide distinguished cultural contrasts.
In Hanang district which is near the stunning Mount Hanang (3,418 meters), lives the Barbaig people who are the native of the area, and their traditional culture is still unchanged and unspoiled. With this Babati Cultural Tour, visitors will also witness the women wearing traditional goat-skin dresses while the men walk around with sharp spears. Visitors can interact freely with the Barbaig, commonly known as the Mangati, living in the Mang’ati plains.
By visiting this Barbaig tribe, the visitors will learn many things including the traditional ways of life of these native people. Are you interested in bird watching? The Babati Cultural Tour will give visitors an opportunity to witness about 350 bird species on the tour of the area.
The Best Babati Tours and Excursions:
- An exclusive Mount Hanang Hike
- A rowing and fishing adventure with local canoes on Lake Babati while viewing hippos
- Have an opportunity to participate in local beer brewing
- A visit to development projects like cattle and goat dairy farming, a piped water project, and a bio-gas energy project
- Cycling expedition through remote areas
The tours are available for half a day, a full day, and two, three, or four days.
Half-Day Tour
Guests will visit the Managhat village, which is the origin home of the Gorowa tribe. There they will see and participate in dairy farming activities, farming with ox-plows, and a killer beekeeping project at the foot of Mount Kwaraa. Optionally, visitors will see a biogas plant, and local Gorowa huts, and go fishing or rowing at Lake Babati by using the local canoe.
One Day Tour
Visitors will walk to Managhat village and hike Bambaay Hill; from there, they can see the stunning Rift Valley Escapement with the beautiful views of Lake Manyara, Lake Babati, and the Maasai Steppe to the east. The visitors will also pay a visit to a respected Gorowa old man, Mzee Kwaraa, who will explain deeply about Gorowa culture, rain prayers, wedding ceremonies, burial rituals, and circumcision rituals. Optionally, the visitors can fish, row, and see hippos on Lake Babati by using local canoes.
